This document defines and discusses different literary genres. It begins by defining what a literary genre is, explaining that it refers to the artistic category or style of books and writing. It then provides examples of common literary genres like stories, poems, novels, textbooks, news articles, and song lyrics. The genres are further classified as poetry versus prose, and fiction versus nonfiction. Poetry is written to be read or performed, while prose follows grammatical structure. Fiction is imaginary literature while nonfiction focuses on factual events and real people, providing examples like biographies, news articles, history, essays and speeches.

2. 21st Century Literature from
the Philippines and the
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6. At the end of the lesson, the learner should
be able to:
Define the literary genres
Construct a factual literary works
Appreciate the beauty of poetry

7. What is Literary genre?

8.  The word genre means "artistic category or style,"
and you can talk about a movie's genre, or the genre
of music that drives you crazy.
 The term Literary genre, you make it clear that you're
talking about books and writing.
 The word genre is French, and it means "kind, sort, or
style."

9. Common Forms of Literature
1. Stories
- A story or narrative is a connected series of events told
through words (written or spoken), imagery (still and
moving), body language, performance, music, or any
other form of communication.

10. 2. Poem
is a collection of words that
express an emotion or idea, sometimes
with a specific rhythm.

11. Novel
 is a narrative work of prose fiction that
tells a story about specific human
experiences over a considerable length.

12. Textbook
 is an informational book that you use
specifically for a class at school. Your biology
textbook might be so heavy that you dread
lugging it to class.

13. News article
Discusses current or recent news of
either general interest (i.e. daily
newspapers) or of a specific topic (i.e.
political or trade news magazines, club
newsletters, or technology news
websites).

14. Song lyrics
can be used to refer to a certain line in
the whole of a song

15. First Classification of Genre Literature
Poetry
is a literary art form that can be
written, spoken, or performed.

16. Prose
 is a style used that does not follow a
structure of rhyming or meter. Rather,
prose follows a grammatical structure
using words to compose phrases that
are arranged into sentences and
paragraphs.

17. Second Classification of Genre Literature
Fiction
 Literature created from the imagination, not
presented as fact, though it may be based on
a true story or situation. Types of literature in
the fiction genre include the novel, short
story, and novella. The word is from the Latin
fictiō, “the act of making, fashioning, or
molding.”

18. Nonfiction
 is a genre of literature that focuses on
factual events and real people. Explore
the definition of nonfiction, and see
examples.
 Biography
 News Articles
 History
 Essays
 Speeches